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ANSI Nanotechnology Standards Panel
The American National
Standards Institute's Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) serves as the
cross-sector coordinating body for the purposes of facilitating the development
of standards in the area of nanotechnology including, but not limited to,
nomenclature/terminology; materials properties; and testing, measurement and
characterization procedures
Nanotechnology, as defined
by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, is the understanding and control of matter
at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers (one-billionth
of a meter), where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Encompassing
nanoscale science, engineering and technology, nanotechnology involves imaging,
measuring, modeling, and manipulating matter at this length scale.
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Every
day, nanotechnology becomes more commercially viable across an expanding range
of industry sectors. The properties and
functions of novel new structures, devices and systems are directly tied to
their atomic, molecular or macromolecular size
As
progress in the manufacture and characterization of nanoscale materials
continues to accelerate, a growing list of stakeholder needs has arisen. At the
top of that list is the fundamental building block for any emerging
industry—consistent and globally-accepted nomenclature and terminology. Following closely are specifications and
tests needed to support nanoscale measurement and characterization; as well as
how this new technology will impact health, safety and the environment.
Established
by ANSI in August 2004, the ANSI-Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) provides
the framework within which stakeholders can work cooperatively to promote,
accelerate and coordinate the timely development of voluntary consensus
standards that are intended to meet identified needs related to nanotechnology
research, development, and commercialization.
Objectives of the ANSI-NSP:
- Coordinate and provide a forum for academia, individual industries,
standards developing organizations, and governmental entities to define needs,
determine work plans and establish priorities for updating standards or creating new standards.
- Solicit participation from nanotechnology-related sectors and academia that have not traditionally participated in the voluntary standards system, and work cooperatively to achieve the mission of the ANSI-NSP.
- Facilitate the timely development and adoption of standards responsive to identified needs in the area of nanotechnology in general and nomenclature/terminology specifically.
- Facilitate and promote cross-sector collaborative efforts between standards developing organizations to establish work plans and develop joint and/or complementary standards.
- Where standards do not exist, obtain agreement from a standard developer to initiate development of the standard in a timely manner.
- Establish and maintain liaison with other national, regional and international standards efforts addressing nanotechnology issues so as to create identical or harmonize existing standards.
- Establish and maintain a database of nanotechnology standards, accessible from the Internet, and capable of generating updates, notices, and reports.
- Identify any impediments preventing the timely adoption of needed American National Standards.
- Make widely available the results of the ANSI-NSP’s work.
Membership in the ANSI-NSP is open to all parties interested in the coordination of standards related to nanotechnology. Organizations that are interested in participating are invited to contact Heather Benko at hbenko@ansi.org or 212.642.4912.
ANSI NSP Chairman
Dr. Clayton Teague
Director
National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO)
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A Steering Committee comprised of a balanced representation of stakeholders guides the efforts of the ANSI-NSP.
ANSI-Accredited U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 229
Reporting to the ANSI-NSP is the ANSI-accredited U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the International Organization for Standardiation (ISO) technical committee 229 on nanotechnologies. A TAG formulates all U.S. positions and proposals with respect to a particular ISO committee’s activities; the TAG also provides the delegates who represent the U.S. at meetings of the ISO committee and its subgroups.
ISO TC 229 was formed in mid-2005 to progress standardization in the field of nanotechnology. Specific tasks to be undertaken by ISO/TC 229 include developing standards for terminology and nomenclature; measurement and instrumentation, including specifications for reference materials; test methodologies; modelling and simulation; and science-based health, safety, and environmental practices.
The TC’s working group on health, safety, and the environment is led by the United States.
Any interested parties that would like to participate on the U.S. TAG should contact
Heather Benko (hbenko@ansi.org, 212.642.4912) for further information and a TAG membership application.
For a schedule of upcoming meetings, click
here.
The
ANSI-NSP Document Library contains documents relating to the work of
the Panel.
If you are not already a company member of ANSI, find out more about the
benefits of ANSI membership.
Heather Benko
Manager, ANSI Nanotechology Standardization Activities
American National Standards Institute
25 West 43rd Street, Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 1-212-642-4912
Fax: 1-212-840-2298
E-mail: hbenko@ansi.org
Anne Caldas
Director, Procedures and Standards Administration
American National Standards Institute
25 West 43rd Street, Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 1-212-642-4914
Fax:1-212-840-2298
E-mail: acaldas@ansi.org
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